The role of the ventral dentate gyrus in anxiety-based behaviors

Weeden, Christy S.S.; Roberts, Jared M.; Kamm, Allison M.; Kesner, Raymond P.

doi:10.1016/j.nlm.2014.12.002

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The role of the ventral dentate gyrus in anxiety-based behaviors

Weeden, Christy S.S., Roberts, Jared M., Kamm, Allison M., Kesner, Raymond P.·2015·Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

DOI 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.12.002

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Dorsoventral lesion studies of the hippocampus (HPP) indicate that the dorsal axis is important for spatial processing and the ventral axis is important in anxiety and olfactory processes. There is some evidence that ventral CA3 and ventral CA1 subregions are important for cued retrieval in fear conditioning, which supports a ventral-anxiety relationship. However, the role of the ventral dentate gyrus (DG) in anxiety-based behaviors is less understood. Therefore, we used elevated plus and open field mazes to investigate the role of the ventral DG in the ability to modify behavior in potentially dangerous conditions and to clarify a few previous reports that ventral HPP lesions may induce hyperactivity. Rats with ventral DG lesions spent significantly more time in the open arms of the elevated plus maze and inner zone of the open field test than did controls and rats with dorsal DG lesions. Locomotor measures indicate that all rats traveled at similar rates in enclosed arms, as well as in open arms of the elevated plus maze and all groups traveled at similar rates in the open field test, which indicates that differences in exploration were not likely due to hyperactivity. The present study findings indicate that the ventral DG plays an important role in anxiety-based behaviors, such as preference for safer environments and the ability to modify exploratory behavior when in potentially dangerous environments and that the dorsal DG is not importantly involved in anxiety.

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Authors: Weeden, C. S. S., Roberts, J. M., Kamm, A. M., & Kesner, R. P.
Affiliations: University of Utah (US)
Corresponding author: Kesner, Raymond P.
Venue: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2015-02
Volume: 118
Pages: 143-149
ISSN: 1074-7427 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.12.002
OpenAlex: W2020835355
Cited by: 80
References: 41
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 1
FWCI: 2.04
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
Keywords: ventral dentate gyrus, hippocampus, anxiety, elevated plus maze, open field test, exploratory behavior, hippocampal lesions, locomotor activity
MeSH terms: Animals, Anxiety, Exploratory Behavior, Male, Motor Activity, Dentate Gyrus, Rats, Long-Evans, Rats

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